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While my long-running homebrew campaign setting has numerous playable ancestries and cultures/nationalities, these would be the core without the traditional demihumans (Dwarves, Elves, Halflings): -Humans -Aarakocra (for a winged race) -Catfolk (Kitsune, Nekojin, etc., for a light-footed...

I also came out to about 11,500 hours over 39 years. In college and the decade after, I played at least 12 hours per week. Unlike a lot of people, I had no significant breaks between high school, college, grad school, or work/family. It's now down to an average of about six to eight hours per...

There are a couple of issues worth noting regarding Halflings as a racial option in D&D5e: -Any Game Master is free to pick and choose what to allow in his/her/their game. If the concept doesn't fit your world, don't use it. Since I've been running my homebrew setting for 38 years, I've got a...

There are a couple of ways to approach Halflings in a D&D game. -They replace Half-Elves and Half-Dwarves (the other half being human). The Lightfoot combine the rustic nature of some humans with the nimbleness and fey appreciation for nature of the Elves, while the Stout combine Dwarven...

We played in a Star Wars game using Savage Worlds: http://star-wars-dark-times-jer.obsidianportal.com/

As for getting the Star Trek feel, for me, it has been less a matter of the rules or time period and more about getting the characters and challenges right. As a Game Master, I've striven for a good mix of moral dilemmas, exploration, diplomacy, romance, and yes, occasional fisticuffs and...

I've played and run Star Trek games in the original series era (FASA, including the first movies), the Next Generation/Deep Space Nine/Voyager era (GURPS 3e), and most recently, in the period of Star Trek Online, almost a century after Next Gen...

Here's my ranking: -Daredevil (I haven't yet seen Jessica Jones) -Arrow -Flash -iZombie -Agent Carter (was higher in its first season) -Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (I know it's animated, but I had to include it.) -Legends of Tomorrow (I'd put Constantine around here) -Supergirl -Lucifer...

Sentient quadrupeds If you read some of the latest scientific studies or transhumanist science fiction such as David Brin's "Uplift" novels, you'd see that the distinctions between animal intelligence and human sentience aren't as big as previously assumed. Yes, tool use is an issue, but some...

I've heard people talk favorably about Glen Cook's "Black Company" book series, which Green Ronin supported with its D20 "Mythic Vistas" line: http://greenroninstore.com/products/the-black-company-campaign-setting-scratch-dent Here are more tips...

I've played all the official Star Trek RPGs, including FASA, Decipher, and LUG, as well as less official ones, such as D20/GURPS Prime Directive and the retro-clone Starships & Spacemen. Like other posters, I've rarely stayed with one system for long. I've been recently running an occasional...

After tracking experience points for individual characters and scenes for years, my games have moved to a group advancement rate of one level every five sessions. Since we meet biweekly for about four hours at a time, that allows the Game Master to run about two or three combat encounters per...

For generic systems, I like FATE Core, Savage Worlds (which I see you have), and GURPS 4e Lite. Each of these has supplements. While you have a decent D&D library, you could always expand it with retro-clones, books on non-Western settings, and monster/environment books. A lot of good D20/OGL...

Favorite SFRPGs Here are my favorite science fiction RPGs, in no particular order: 1. Star Frontiers: This TSR release was one of the first role-playing games I tried back in high school, and the art and setting heavily influenced my later campaigns. Long out of print, Star Frontiers...

Star Wars RPGs I've role-played in various Star Wars games, using everything from the official D6, D20, and FFG versions to GURPS and Savage Worlds. Yes, each rules system makes slightly different assumptions and encourages different styles of play, so YMMV depending on Game Master and player...

City design Here are some steps I follow when designing cities, not only for my homebrew, sandbox fantasy setting, but also for modern campaigns: -Local geography: While most human cities tend to be near rivers and surrounded by arable land, some settlements may be deep in forests, atop or...

Helping busy pros stay in touch for games I use a Yahoo message board and folders for my face-to-face group, and a Google Group and Google Docs/Drive for my weekly telecom campaign. We mainly use these for file storage and discussions between sessions. We talk about scheduling, plot threads...

I also recommend the Klingons book for the D20 version of Prime Directive, as well as fan-written conversions: http://paizo.com/products/btpy7fle?Klingons http://www.dandwiki.com/wiki/Klingons_(3.5e_Race) http://startrekd20.wikia.com/wiki/Klingons

Ruin Explorer, you're right that once role-players have overcome their initial reluctance to try systems other than those they're most familiar with, other challenges may arise. While many of my friends like Pathfinder, my groups have gravitated toward rules-light, narrative games over the past...

I haven't had much difficulty finding role-players for other games after my groups drifted away from D&D4e. In the meantime, we've tried numerous systems, with FATE, Savage Worlds, and the retro-clone Basic Fantasy Role-Playing Game being our favorites. We're playing wait and see with D&D5e...